Monday in Washington February 24, 2020

CODE RED: A BOOK EVENT WITH E.J.DIONNE JR. 2/24, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Author, E.J. Dionne, Jr., W. Averell Harriman Chair, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country; Alexandra Petri, Columnist, Washington Post. 

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PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON THE POWER OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: LEADING TODAY’S CHALLENGES. THE FIRST THREE FEET. 2/24, Noon-2:00pm. Sponsor: Public Diplomacy Association of America (PADD). Speaker: Jean Manes, Former Ambassador to El Salvador, Deputy to Commander and Foreign Affairs Advisor, U.S. Southern Command.

MEMORIALIZING THE COMFORT WOMEN OF ASIA. 2/24. Noon-1:30pm. Sponsor: Organization of Asian Studies at the Elliott School, GW. Speakers: Dr. Jungsil Lee, art historian, independent curator, and Adjunct Professor at Maryland Institute College of Art and George Washington University; Dr. Mike M. Mochizuki, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs.

GLOBAL WARMING AND SMALL ISLAND STATES: THE CASE OF TIMOR-LESTE. 2/24, Noon-2:00pm. Sponsor: GW, Elliot School. Speaker: Isilio António de Fátima Coelho da Silva, Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Timor-Leste) to the United States of America. 

A SECURITY THREAT PROFILE OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. 2/24, 3:30-5:00pm. Sponsors: Center for Climate and Security and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute. Speakers: Craig Gannett, President of the Board, Henry M. Jackson Foundation; Hon. John Conger (moderator), Director, Center for Climate and Security; Former Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller); Kate Guy, Principal Investigator, Center for Climate and Security; University of Oxford; Hon. Sherri Goodman, Chair of the Board, the Council on Strategic Risks; Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (Environmental Security); Dr. Rod Schoonover, CEO, Ecological Futures Group; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; Former Director of Environment and Natural Resources, National Intelligence Council; Ambassador (ret) Richard Kauzlarich, Co-Director of the Center for Energy Science and Policy, George Mason University; Former National Intelligence Officer for Europe; Former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, & Bosnia and Herzegovina; Christine Parthemore, CEO of the Council on Strategic Risks.

BREXIT IMPLEMENTATION: GERMAN AND EU INTERESTS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UK. 2/24, 4:00-5:15pm. Sponsor: American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS). Speaker: Paul Welfens, Jean Monnet Professor, University of Wuppertal. 

Monday in Washington April 10, 2017

PRIVATE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH THE HONORABLE ALAINA B. TEPLITZ. 4/10, 11:00am. Sponsor: South Asia Business Initiative, US Chamber of Commerce. Speaker: Hon. Alaina B. Teplitz, US Ambassador to Nepal. Location: US Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St., NW, Amway Room.

DEBATING THE MERITS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S NEW TRAVEL, IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE BAN. 4/10, 11:00am-12:30pm. Sponsor: SAIS, Johns Hopkins. Speakers: Danielle Pletka, Senior Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, AEI;  George Biddle, Chairman, World Connect, Former Executive Vice President, International Rescue Committee; Alex Aleinikoff, Director, Zolberg Institute of Migration and Mobility, New School; James Jay Carafano, Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, Heritage; Moderator: Margaret Warner, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, PBS NewsHour.

DOWNSTREAM OIL THEFT: IMPLICATIONS AND NEXT STEPS. 4/10, 12:30pm. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Ian Ralby, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council; John Gannon, Adjunct Professor, Center for Security Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Former Chairman, US National Intelligence Council; Terzah Tippin Poe, Lecturer, Harvard University; Moderator: Amb. Richard Morningstar (Ret.), Founding Director, Chairman, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council, Former Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy, US Department of State.

FUELING POPULISM: GLOBALIZATION’S DISCONTENTS IN THE US AND EUROPE. 4/10, 1:00-2:30pm. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Uta-Micaela Dürig, CEO, Robert Bosch Stifung; Strobe Talbott, President, Brookings; Gérard Araud, Ambassador of France to the US; Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, AEI; Constanze Stelzenmüller, Robert Bosch Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the US and Europe; Moderator: David Wessel, Director, Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies.

IN THE NEWS: BREXIT. 4/10, 2:00-3:00pm. Sponsor: Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University. Speakers: Jeffrey Anderson, Graf Goltz Professor of Government, Director, BMW Center for German and European Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Kathleen R. McNamara, Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, School of International Service, American University; Abraham Newman, Associate Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Government Department, Georgetown University.

THE BATTLE OF THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS IN THE AGES OF REAGAN AND TRUMP. 4/10, 4:00pm. Sponsor: Institute of World Politics. Speaker: Thomas Wilson, Former Senior Counsel, Iran-Contra Defendants.

THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 4/10, 7:00pm. Sponsor: School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Speaker: Gus Speth, Former Administrator, Development Program, UN, Founder, World Resources Institute, Co-Founder, Natural Resources Defense Council, Former Chairman, US Council on Environmental Quality.

Monday in Washington April 3, 2017

WAR IN TRANSITION: COUNTERTERRORISM AND FORCE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. 4/3, 9:30-11:00am. Sponsor: American Society of International Law (ASIL). Speakers: Rita Siemion, International Legal Counsel, Human Rights First; Luke Hartig, Fellow, International Security Program, New America; Jen Daskal, Associate Professor of Law, American University, Washington College of Law; Moderator: Christie Edwards, Chair, Lieber Society on the Law of Armed Conflict, ASIL.

ARCTIC SECURITY CONFERENCE. 4/3, 10:00am-3:00pm. Sponsor: Global Security and Conflict Management Club, SAIS, Johns Hopkins. Speakers: Fran Ulmer, Chair, US Arctic Research Commission; Rear Admiral David Titley (Ret.), Director, Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, Penn State University; Aaretti Siitonen, First Secretary, Embassy of Finland; Amb. Ken Yalowitz, Director, Conflict Resolution Program, Georgetown University; Judge Alice Hill (Ret.), Research Fellow, Hoover Institution; Cathleen Kelly, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Inuuteq Holm Olsen, Head of Representation, Greenland Representation; Olafr Røsnes, Energy Counselor, Embassy of Norway.

A CONVERSATION WITH CHRISTINE LAGARDE. 4/3, 11:00am-Noon. Sponsor: AEI. Speakers: Arthur C. Brooks, AEI; Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF; Desmond Lachman, AEI.

TRANSATLANTIC TIES AND NATO IN THE AGE OF BREXIT AND TRUMP. 4/3, Noon, Lunch. Sponsor: Women’s Foreign Policy Group. Speaker: Karen Donfried, President, German Marshall Fund.

THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 4/3, Noon-1:20pm. Sponsor: Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, University of Southern California. Speakers: Ernest Wilson, Dean, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California; James Goldgeier, Dean, School of International Service, American University; Reuben Briget, Dean, Elliott School, GWU; Joel Hellma, Dean, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

COUNTERING NORTH KOREAN ILLICIT FINANCING. 4/3, 12:30-2:00pm. Sponsor: SAIS, Johns Hopkins. Speaker: David Park, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, Department of Treasury, US.

IS SOMETHING STIRRING IN CENTRAL ASIA? 4/3, 4:00pm. Sponsors: Atlantic Council; Central Asia-Caucasus Institute. Speakers: Amb. John Herbst, Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council; Amb. Richard Hoagland, Interim Co-chair, OSCE Minsk Group; Daniel Rosenblum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, US Department of State; Martha Olcott, Visiting Professor, Michigan State University; Moderator: S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, American Foreign Policy Council.

GLOBAL COOPERATION IN TURBULENT TIMES. 4/3, 4:00-5:00pm. Sponsor: AEI. Speakers: Mateusz Morawiecki, Deputy Prime Minister, Poland; Ondrej Schneider, Institute of International Finance; Stan Veuger, Resident Scholar, AEI.

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION: THE CASE OF NORTH KOREA. 4/3, 5:00-7:00pm. Sponsor: US-Korea Institute at SAIS, Energy, Resources and Environment Program, Johns Hopkins. Speaker: Jonathan D. Pollack, Senior Fellow, Thornton China Center, Interim SK-Korea Foudnataion Chair, Brookings, Author, No Exit: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, and International Security.

FUTURE OF INNOVATION IN NATIONAL SECURITY. 4/3, 6:30-8:00pm. Sponsor: , Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University. Speakers: Gen. Paul Selva, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Andrew Hallman, Deputy Director, Digital Innovation, CIA; Milo Medin, Vice President, Access Services, Google, Member, Defense Innovation Board; Moderator: Chris Taylor, Adjunct Professor, National Security Studies.

Monday in Washington, June 27, 2016

AFTER BREXIT: A NEW WORLD ORDER? TELECONFERENCE. 6/27, 11:00am-Noon. Sponsor: Wilson Center. The results of the June 23 UK referendum, in which British citizens voted to leave the European Union by a margin of 52% to 48%, shocked the markets and political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic. How long until economic and political stability returns? What kind of deal will Britain get as it forges new relationships with its European neighbors? Can the country retain its “special relationship” with the U.S.? Join BY PHONE as Wilson Center experts discuss the long-term global implications of this unprecedented vote.
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Speakers: James Hollifield, Public Policy Fellow;  Michael J. Geary, Global Fellow; Michelle Egan, Fellow; Jane Harman, Director, President and CEO, Wilson Center; Kent Hughes, Public Policy Fellow.

REFUGEES WORK: A HUMANITARIAN INVESTMENT THAT YIELDS ECONOMIC DIVIDENDS. 6/27, 12:30-2:00pm. Sponsor: Center for Global Development (CGD). Speaker: Philippe Legrain, Founder, Open Political Economy Network (OPEN), Senior Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics European Institute (LSEEI).

RESTORING NATO'S POWER AND PURPOSE. 6/27, 1:30-2:45pm. Sponsor: Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council. Speakers: Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns (Ret.), Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Former US Ambassador to NATO; General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC (Ret.), Chairman and Board Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council, Founder and President, Jones Group International, Former National Security Advisor and Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President, Programs and Strategy, Atlantic Council, Former Senior Director, European Affairs, National Security Council; Moderator: Dr. Evelyn Farkas, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia, US Department of Defense.

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICT. 6/27, 3:30-5:00pm. Sponsor: Stimson. Speakers: Tom Perriello, Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa; Victoria K. Holt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Deputy Executive Director, Human Rights Watch; Lise Grande, Deputy Representative of the Secretary-General to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq.

LEADERS SPEAK: NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS. 6/27, 5:30-7:00pm. Sponsor: National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. Speakers: Stephen J. Hadley, Principal, RiceHadleyGates LLC; Former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; Robert “Bud” McFarlane, National Security Advisor to President Ronald Regan; Moderator: Steve Orlins, President, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.